Guest Bath Updates

Hi!  I wanted to share with you all a few changes that I made to our guest bathroom.  To refresh your memory, this is how it looked-

I was getting tired of this layout and wanted to change out the shower curtain for some time now.  I finally found a nice one on clearance at Home Depot.  I then went around the house searching for items to place in here to change up the decor.  This is the final result-

The new layout and colors seem spa-like to me.  Oh, and I made the sign to let guests know where they can throw their paper towels since I don't want to have a trash can in the open.

I believe that one of the best places to "shop" is in your own home, pulling items from one location and putting them somewhere new.  Of the decor in here, only two things are new, the shower curtain and the soap holder that the paper towels are resting on.

Do you ever find yourself "shopping" around the house?

Guest Bath Updates

I've been up to something.  A little project that was an off and on kinda thing.  I'm sure some of you can relate.  You get the urge to do something, go all in, then get burned out halfway in and leave it sitting there for a few months or more.

Well I had an itch to paint something.  Anything.  I thought about leftover paint that I already had (el cheapo) and decided on the grey that was used in the kitchen.  I spontaneously painted the guest bath with the following mood board in mind.  Since I didn't use it as the color scheme for my wedding, I decided to use it for the guest room and bath.

When I was finished painting I took the old shower curtain down replacing it with a temporary one that I had from my bachelorette days.  I also changed the light bulbs to daylight so that it would brighten the place up (since there are no windows).  I added a few decor pieces (one including the paintings that I did for a pinterest challenge) then got burned out.  Untouched for 2+ months.  Lost the steam.


After taking down the Christmas decor earlier this week, I ended up making a few changes to the bathroom to incorporate some of my newer DIY pieces.  Luckily I had the thought to put the vase in there once the holidays were overs since it matched the color scheme.

Before:                                                                     After:

 

 Here are all of the afters:

DIY projects (some that I haven't blogged about yet...bad me!) were the vase, the pine cones, the painting, the plate and the SL print.

I enjoy where the bathroom is headed.  I'm not completely done yet.  I still want to DIY a shower curtain (or dye the current one) and possibly change out the light fixture.  And maybe spray the picture frame a different color.  Ahh, there will always be something to tweak!

Typography is a friend of mine

Maybe it's just the designer in me, but I really do love typography. I find it entertaining to try to remember the names of fonts that I see on billboards, magazines, tv, wherever. Lame? Oh well, I love it!

So as a result of this love, typography has spilled over to my home decor. Oddly enough, the only room that is fully decorated in my house is the guest bathroom {as of two days ago}. I guess it's kind of a default thing since it's the bathroom on the main level and everyone that visits uses it. Of course, I fell upon a shower curtain that goes with the paint, floor and cabinets in the bathroom so well...and it just so happens to have different fonts all over it. Loved it, so snatched it! Then I decided to house extra towels and washcloths into the basket that we used to hold our wedding programs {reduce, reuse, recycle!}. So this is before...


and this is after...


The bathroom has looked like this since October '09. There was something missing though. I started wondering what kind of images do you hang in a bathroom? Let's see...watercolor paintings of bathroom images like a pedestal sink or a claw foot tub? Nah, won't go with the overall look or feel. Hmmm...a picture of hubs and I? Nah, I doubt you want to look at a picture of us while you're on the toilet. Awkward? Then came a brilliant idea...


Duh! Carry out the typography theme with hubs and my initials! So I designed the prints and put them in a frame that I already had, rearranged the items on the counter, and called it a night!

Here is the completed bathroom:

One room down...seven to go!